- Tue Oct 27, 2020 1:45 pm
#80424
Hi Chizobao!
The conclusion here is the 2nd sentence: "people become less happy as they become more wealthy." The premises for that conclusion are that wealth "invariably creates an even greater number of desires that will not be satisfied." So wealth satisfies some desires, but creates more than can be satisfied. To strengthen this argument, we need to strengthen the link between that premise and that conclusion.
Answer choice (A) isn't relevant to the argument. The argument is just about wealth, not "extreme" wealth. Also, it's not about achieving "the highest level of happiness", it's about becoming less happy as you become more wealthy.
Answer choice (C) tells us that we don't get happier as desires are satisfied. But remember we're trying to strengthen that people become less happy as they become more wealthy. It's not enough to say that they don't become happier. We need to show that they become less happy.
Answer choice (B) provides the link we're looking for. It tells us that "The fewer unfulfilled desires one has, the happier one is." Answer choice (B) basically sets up a correlation between happiness and unfulfilled desires. So if wealth increases the number of unfulfilled desires (as the premise tells us it does) then it would follow that people would be less happy as they become more wealthy (which is the conclusion we're trying to strengthen).
Hope this helps!
Best,
Kelsey
